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The Pages Controller¶
CakePHP ships with a default controller PagesController.php. This is a
simple and optional controller for serving up static content. The home page
you see after installation is generated using this controller. If you make the
view file app/View/Pages/about_us.ctp you can access it using the url
http://example.com/pages/about_us. You are free to modify the Pages
Controller to meet your needs.
When you “bake” an app using CakePHP’s console utility the Pages Controller is
created in your app/Controller/ folder. You can also copy the file from
lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Controller/PagesController.php.
Changed in version 2.1: With CakePHP 2.0 the Pages Controller was part of lib/Cake. Since 2.1
the Pages Controller is no longer part of the core but ships in the app
folder.
Warning
Do not directly modify ANY file under the lib/Cake folder to avoid
issues when updating the core in future.